diff --git a/docs/typescript.md b/docs/typescript.md
index 36ef4a2a8..5baf9b8f1 100644
--- a/docs/typescript.md
+++ b/docs/typescript.md
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ The following `.options()` definition:
 
 ```typescript
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import * as yargs from 'yargs';
-// or with the "esModuleInterop" compiler option set to "true":
-// import yargs from 'yargs';
+import yargs = require('yargs');
 
 const argv = yargs.options({
   a: { type: 'boolean', default: false },
diff --git a/docs/webpack.md b/docs/webpack.md
index b665b5331..012a846e0 100644
--- a/docs/webpack.md
+++ b/docs/webpack.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ console.log(yargs.parse())
 
 Or for typescript users, `src/index.ts`:
 ```ts
-import * as yargs from 'yargs';
+import yargs = require('yargs');
 
 console.log(yargs.parse());
 ```